35 Weeks / Baby's First Wedding / Maternity Pics!

We got a few of our maternity pictures from our photographer this week and are so happy to share them. We had a blast at this shoot and can't wait to work with Erica Haller again for the newborn shots in a few short weeks. Here are three of our favorites:

Baby's First Wedding

My sister got married this past weekend!! I was a very pregnant Matron of Honor but I think I pulled my dress off pretty damn well, I must say. She looked absolutely beautiful and the day was perfect. Kevin and I had a ball at the wedding and it was really fun taking pregnant pictures throughout the day. If only I was in St. John right now where Stephanie and Marc are honeymooning...

Check out that belly!!

With my cousin, Erin / good shot of the bridesmaid's dress that I pulled off 

My beautiful sister, Stephanie and her new husband, Marc Andre

My Godson, Elliott with his soon-to-be baby cousin in the belly

35 Weeks!

I'm 35 weeks preggo now and getting much bigger by the day. There is much less room for this little guy to move around so I'm feeling every single movement all day long. He is one active baby! At my doctor's appointment this week, the midwife told me that the head is already down and he's measuring just right. I asked her to predict when he'd be making his  big entrance into the world but of course she couldn't make that guess. 

New Since Last Blog Post: I packed my hospital bag and we put the car seat in the car. Even though we've had to take it out a few times to carpool, it's nice knowing that we're prepared for anything at this time.  

How I'm feeling: Still feeling great, thankfully! It's getting harder to bend down as often as I could before, so Kevin has to help me around the house a lot more. I'm taking everyone's advice and really taking it easy. We've spent more nights in the past few weeks on the couch catching up on shows and movies than we ever have in our whole life. We tend to be very active people, so this relaxing thing takes some getting used to. With the new addition of Netflix in our life though, it's made it a lot easier. I found a new love for Gossip Girl and started at season 1, so I'm all set for those boring hours while the baby is sleeping in a few weeks :) 

Food: I'm starting to think about making meals and freezing them for once the baby is here. I think I even talked my sister into coming over a few nights a week when the baby is here to make meals out of the ingredients that I buy - she's an amazing cook, so I'm hoping that works out for us, hehe.  

Movement: The movements are so wild lately. I can see huge lumps rolling around in my belly and I can even predict what time of day he'll be moving the most. 

Most looking forward to: We have our prepared childbirth class coming up and it's being taught by our midwife that we love. We're really looking forward to the class and can't wait to learn more things about becoming first time parents. 

32 Weeks - Only 8 Left

The baby is as big as a honeydew this week. Funny, that kind of looks like the shape of my belly right now! He is almost 19 inches long and around 4.5 pounds according to the baby center app on my phone. Crazy. We only have 8 (well, 7.5 really) weeks left and we're getting very excited.   

New Since Last Blog Post: We had our maternity photo session with Erica Haller this week and it was very exciting. We found her at a baby expo in Hamilton, NJ and I'm so glad that I did because she really knows what she's doing. Kevin isn't the biggest fan of couple photo shoots (what husband is?) but she made him feel so comfortable and I actually think he was enjoying it. I'll post a sneak-peek on here during my next blog post. 

Doing the maternity session reminded me just how close we are now. This little guy is getting so big and the fact that I'm far enough along to have my professional belly pics done is just wild to me. I remember booking this session three months ago thinking, "wow, I'll be so pregnant then". And I was right! It was so fun being with Kevin for this and putting all of our attention on this growing belly of mine. 

How I'm feeling: I read in all the pregnancy blogs that many women are having insomnia and trouble sleeping during their third trimester. I must be lucky because I've actually been sleeping better these past few weeks! Maybe I just got this pregnant-sleeping routine down by now, but other than getting up to pee 3-4 times a night, I actually am having no problems at night. We'll see if this lasts. 

Food: Whoever invented peanut butter is my hero. Seriously, I'm keeping JIF in business with this pregnancy. Today I made a peanut butter and cream brownie cake (recipe) with my new spring form pan and I can't wait to see how it turned out. I'm also loving cold fruits these past few weeks and icy things - like water ice and smoothies. 

Movement: He moves all day and I love it. Some days it's more than others, but I can feel him completely turning around and standing on my bladder when he does it! It's pretty amazing to feel and watch. 

Most looking forward to: My OB appointments are becoming more frequent now and I find it very exciting because that means that we're going to meet our little guy soon. I'm hoping for another ultrasound at some point because we haven't seen him since 19 weeks. 

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